Cuomo Maintains Wide Lead Over Astorino: Quinnipiac Poll

Westchester County executive Rob Astorino, left, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo maintains a wide lead over his Republican gubernatorial challenger despite an ongoing ethics investigation that has focused on his administration, according to a Quinnipiac University poll due to be published Wednesday.

The poll found Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, beating his challenger, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, by 56% to 28% — a result virtually the same as the last time that poll was taken, in May.

Voters gave Mr. Cuomo nearly the same mark on favorability, 55%, as they had earlier in the year. And 57% of them said they approve of the governor’s job performance, statistically unchanged from 59% in May.